Stolen Cedar Point tickets listed on Craigslist linked to Avon

ELYRIA — An Avon Lake man says he was duped out of $100 for five stolen Cedar Point tickets he purchased from a Craigslist posting.
On July 7, Elyria police met with Christopher Stafford, 45, at Lorain County Community College, the same place where he allegedly met with an Avon man to buy the tickets.
Stafford said he met the man about 11 p.m. after seeing the post and making arrangements to pick the tickets up in exchange for the cash, police said.
Stafford returned home, and felt the “deal was too good to be true,” so he contacted Cedar Point officials after seeing numerous people discussing Cedar Point ticket fraud online, he said.
A representative told Stafford the tickets were from a Meyers grocery store, but that it was common for thieves to steal and sell them online.
Police traced the alleged seller’s Red Pontiac Grand Am back to an Avon residence of an unidentified male with outstanding warrants — including one through the Elyria Police Department — who was previously charged with theft of Cedar Point tickets, according to the report.
Stafford described the suspect as a white male, about 5 feet 10 inches tall with short, light-colored hair.
The man has not been arrested and the five tickets were placed into evidence.